L'emploi décent au cœur de la stratégie ue afrique

Isabelle Hoferlin

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• Employabilité, métiers et formations

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• Publié par: englue
• Nombre de lectures: 117
• Langue: Français

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DecentworkattheheartoftheEU‐AfricaStrategy 20February2009 1.General •On 26-27 October 2007, at the initiative of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and its Portuguese affiliates, several dozen African and European trade unions joined the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), ITUC-Africa and ETUC in Lisbon for the1st EU- Contents Africa Trade Union Summit. Our work resulted in a Trade Union Declaration, which was presented to the Heads of State and 1.General ........................................................ 2.The Decent Work Agenda – a pillar Government attending the Lisbon Summit in December 2007. of the EU-Africa Strategy......................................... 3.An approach to migration based on •One year on from the summit, the European, African and international human rights and international labour standards ..................................................................... trade union movement is concerned at the lack of conclusive signs 4.The role of the ILO and the ILO pointing to progress on the Lisbon demands. The ETUC, ITUC and ITUC- Conventions .................................................................. 5.The social dimension of regional Africa appreciate the work undertaken with civil-society organisations, integration.................................................................... particularly in Brussels, but all agree that to date there has been very 6.Promoting education at all levels............ 7.Trade union participation in little information regarding implementation of the Strategy in the EU implementing the partnership .................................. and Africa and that civil-society involvement has been lacking since the 8.Climate change........................................... 9.The MDGs, ODA and debt Lisbon Summit. The European and international trade union movement cancellation .................................................................. and ITUC-Africa lament this fact, since consultation of and participation 10.Peace and security in Africa.................... 11.Democratic governance ............................ by civil society are a vital necessity in the current context. However, the setting up of Joint Experts Groups (JEGs) is seen as a good sign. •The social situation, particular as regards employment, has deteriorated significantly since the Lisbon Summit and the outlook is far from promising. The combination of several large-scale crises (financial and economic, food and environmental) is having a socio-economic impact, the real effects of which have yet to be accurately quantified. In 2008, thousands of workers in many African countries took to the streets to express their frustration and concern about the food crisis and to demand solutions. Meanwhile, the International Labour Office forecasts that 51 million jobs will be lost worldwide this year, including thousands in Europe and Africa. This disaster will further accentuate the disparities and the development gap between Africa and Europe. This situation highlights how essential the partnership is to strengthening democracy, peace and development, whilst fully recognising the asymmetry in the relationship between Africa and the EU. •The Communication from theCommissionto the Council and the European Parliament and theaccompanying working document (17October 2008) make a number of proposals and relate them to specific initiatives linked to EU development aid. Although the proposals address some of the issues covered by our demands, the general approach

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